A Brief Introduction to Video Marketing

Nowadays, the buzz word on the lips of anyone and everyone involved in internet marketing is ‘video’. Gone are the days of yesteryear when websites consisted solely of text (with an occasional image thrown in here and there). With the rise of broadband and other types of fast-paced internet connections – the possibilities that you could harness are close to limitless.

And amongst all those possibilities, few match the potential of video.

Now that video can be safely used without having to worry about horrendous load times (that would generally cheese any potential viewer off), what you need to ask yourself is how you can employ videos within your own marketing efforts to improve them. If you were to spend a minute thinking about it, you’ll soon realize that the possibilities are numerous, to say the least.

Anything and everything that has used text, images, or a combination of both can be made into a video. By doing so, you’ll be able to ‘show’ whatever it is you intend to show a lot more clearly. It is no surprise that information products are now increasingly popular in video form.

Within the area of video marketing, you’ll find numerous possible uses for your videos. Ranging from traffic generation, promotional videos, and even videos specifically designed for squeeze pages or sales copy – the options at your fingertips should not be underestimated. If you like, you could even create videos that help you to build up your brand name.

Before you can get to that however, you first need to know how to create the videos themselves, and that can be tricky. Very few marketers really have any experience creating videos, and if you intend to do so on your own (and thus save costs) you’ll find that there is a bit of a learning curve to overcome. Fortunately, nowadays creating videos is a lot easier than it used to be and with the right tools you should be able to create professional looking videos without much problem.

Matter of fact, many people may find that coming up with a good idea for a video and writing out the script for it is a lot harder than the actual production of the video itself.

Bear in mind that your videos are going to be more ‘simple’ in nature compared to the effect-heavy productions that some professionals are able to come up with. Still, just because a video is simple it does not mean that it is not a powerful marketing tool.

From planning to execution, the details involved with video marketing may seem daunting at times. That said, there are resources available that can help you to better understand what you could potentially achieve with this newfound avenue in the marketing world. All said and done, the potential is there – but what you do with it is going to be entirely up to you.